In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association

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Inspire

IPMA's mission is to guide, educate, and support in-house print and mail professionals toward growth and successful service to their parent institutions.


Educate

Conferences, Road Show mini-conferences, Webinars, White Papers, and more- IPMA is there to help you grow.


Grow

Join the IPMA Community to network, interact with in-plants of all kinds both large and small, and get new ideas to grow your in-plant and discover the latest in technology.


IPMA Supports Sustainability

IPMA is proud to join Two Sides North America and PrintReleaf, and spread the positive environmental impact this industry has made.

IPMA members embrace sustainability initiatives. Read our stories.

IPMA 2026 Educational Conference

Taking Care of Business June 14-18, 2026 Hyatt Regency Greenville Greenville, South Carolina Get ready to experience Southern hospitality! IPMA heads to Greenville, South Carolina for our 2026 Educational Conference. You’ll experience a city with waterfalls running through its center surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains. We’ll be in the heart

IPMA Road Shows 2026

IPMA hits the road with regional mini-conferences for in-plants. New ideas, emerging technology, networking, vendors, in-plant tours, and more! IPMA’s Road Shows are free to all in-plants. Sites/dates subject to change. See where we’re headed here.

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Exclusive IPMA Partnership

Swag Solutions Partnership

IPMA is thrilled to offer enhanced Swag Solutions (formerly Swagforce) promotional items and apparel services as a benefit to our  members. Read our press release at: IPMA and Swagforce Team Up to Offer Apparel and Promotional Product Selling Solution for In-Plant Print Service Providers.For more information, contact:Lou ManitzasVP of Strategic PartnershipsPhone: (866) 424-0020, … Add swag to your in-plant offerings with our exclusive partnership opportunity! about Swag Solutions Partnership

IPMA Shop Talk

IPMA's exclusive member-only collaboration venue. Ever have a question you'd like to pose to other in-plant professionals? Or just hear what's going on in other shops? Or maybe just trade new ideas? Not through email, but through a live forum? From your own office?This is what IPMA Shop Talk is all about.  How it works. Topics come from you-- our members. Gathered from our member-only Community.We'll schedule a time and topic and invite members to register. We'll gather in Zoom where we can see each other and interact in real time.  Bi-weekly or weekly, as

IPMA Peer-to-Peer Marketplace

IPMA's exclusive members-only insource services exchange. Sometimes you may get jobs that you can't handle in-house. If you can outsource or insource, you never want turn those down. With IPMA's exclusive Peer-to-Peer Marketplace, IPMA members that are allowed to insource can help you. If you can do the same, other IPMA members can come to you. Who better to partner with than another IPMA in-plant? It's a win-win, and you can add services to your portfolio that you couldn't normally offer. 

Featured Events

Conferences, tradeshows, webinars, and more.

IPMA Road Shows 2025

IPMA hits the road with regional mini-conferences for in-plants: new ideas, emerging technology, networking, vendors, in-plant tours, and more!!!  Road Show Stops: IPMA's Road Shows are free to all in-plants.Sites/dates subject to change. In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association(IPMA) reserves the … Join IPMA for a cross-country road trip of regional mini-conferences for in-plants. Meet other in-plants in your area for education, a vendor fair, and collaboration! about IPMA Road Shows 2025

In-Print™ Awards 2026

The only printing contest exclusively for in-plants from all industry segments. Co-sponsored by IPMA and In-Plant Impressions. Register Entries 2025 In-Print™ Awards Winners Best of Show Winner Best of Division- Offset, University of Texas-Austin. Best of Division Winners Best of Division- Offset, University of Texas-Austin. Best of Division- Open Digital Division, Cedarville University. Best of Division- Small Shops Digital Division, Alliance Defending … 2026 contest details are out! See photos of 2025 winning entries. And learn who won Best of Division and Best of Show. about In-Print™ Awards 2026

IPMA Awards 2026

Get national recognition, build customer confidence, and boost staff morale with an IPMA Award. IPMA Award categories include: In-plant of the Year,  In-House Promotional Excellence Award, Innovation Award. IPMA Award Entry Guidelines 2026 Register Now 2025 IPMA Award Winners Winners were recognized at the IPMA Awards Banquet during the IPMA 2025 Educational Conference in June, 2025. In-Plant of the Year – The Church of … 2026 contest opens soon! Learn about 2025's IPMA Awards winners! about IPMA Awards 2026

IPMA's members come from not only those involved in printing, publishing and graphic design, but also mailing, fulfillment and distribution from all industry segments including colleges, universities, associations, hospitals, insurance, manufacturing, primary and secondary education, religious organizations, local/state/national governments and utilities.

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    The IPMA Community is a resource that’s available to you at all times. You have the industry’s top experts ready to assist and advise you at any time. All you have to do is post your question.
    Tammy Golden
    Department of General Services for the State of TN
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    When I was hired as State Printer, the very first thing I did was become an IPMA member, it is that important.
    Tim Hendrix
    State of Oregon Publishing & Distribution